Improvement in fastenings for tobacco-bags



T T. WATSON. Fastening for'Tobaooo-Bag's.

No. 211,077. Patented Dec. 17, I878.

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a r W N. PETERS, PHOTOvUTHOGRAPflER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THOMAS '1. WATSON, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

. IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR TOBACCO-BAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 211,077, dated December 17, 1878; application filed November 2, 1878. i

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS TALBOTT WAT- SON, of the city of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fast enings for Tobacco-Bags; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Heretofore tobacco-bags have been fastened by strings run through the hem of the top of the bag, so as to draw it together. This mode is inconvenient, because the strings easily slip after being drawmand allow the mouth of the bag to fall open and spill the contents.

The object of my invention is to provide a bag with a fastening which will gather the mouth into folds or plaits, and at the same time hold them permanently closed.

The invention consists of a bag of textile fabric having an elastic loop or ring attached permanently to the exterior, in such manner and in such a position that it may be passed over the folds or gathers of the month when closed and hold them under compression, preventing the escape of the contents.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents the empty bag, with the elastic ring or loop fastened thereto in proper position. Fi g. 2 shows the bag filled with tobacco, the mouth closed in folds or gathers, and the loop passed over it, holding it under compression.

Whatl claim is The bag of textile fabric with the elastic loop or ring permanently attached at one point to the exterior, near the top, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

4 THOMAS TALBOTT WATSON.

Witnesses:

J Anns PLEASANTS, JOHN O. STYER. 

